All I wanted

Chapter 13

I hold Raven's hand while the whole drop-ship screams together as Clarke cauterises her wound. She's damn strong and I have the utmost respect for her. "That should stop the external bleedimg." Clarke puts down the knife she used to cauterise Raven's stomach wound. "I don't understand. How did Murphy get a gun?" Finn holds Raven's other hand.

"Long story." I look up at Bellamy standing next to us. "We got lucky. If Murphy hit the fuel tank instead of me, we'd all be dead." "Wait, there's rocket fuel down there? Enough to build a bomb?" Raven nods at Clarke's question. "Enough to build a hundred bombs. If we had any gunpowder left."

"Lets get back to the Reapers. Myabe they'll help us. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?" Bellamy looks at us, but Clarke shakes her head slightly. "Not this enemy. We saw them. Trust me, its not an option." "There is no time for this. Can she walk or not?" Finn interjects. "No. We have to carry her." "The hell you will. I'm good to go." Raven tries to get up, but Clarke holds her back. "Listen to me Raven. This bullet is still inside you. If by some miracle there's no internal bleeding, it might hold until we get somewhere safe. But you are not walking there. Is that clear?"

"Yeah." "I get the stretcher." Finn immediately sets off in search of the stretcher, which Bellamy doesn't like. "Can't run away fast enoph, huh? Real brave." Finn immediately turns round. "Dying in a fight you can't win isn't brave. It's stupid." "Spoken like every coword who's ever run from a fight." I walk between the two of them. "All right, that's enough. Its time to go." "If they follow? It's a 120 mile walk to the ocean." He looks at us. "We're wasting time. If he wants to stay, he can stay." "No, he can't." His eyes turn to me as Finn angrily leaves the drop-ship. I run to him and he puts his hands on my hips. "Bellamy we have to try, we can't lose any more." He nods slightly but doesn't answer.

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We all set off with the things we can carry with us. I look back and see Bellamy still standing in the camp. I run to him and stop in front of him. "You did good here, Bellamy." "Eighteen dead." "Eighty-two alive. You did good." He looks at me for a while before nodding and throwing the bucket of water over the fire, which is still burning. After throwing the bucket on the ground, he runs after the others with me.

Octavia runs in front and leads us, while our shooters have their weapons ready. We all run until Ovtavia stops us and we all point our guns in all directions. "Why are we stopping?" I look at Raven, who is lying on the cot. "I don't know Raven." A gun comes flying straight at us and hits a boy directly in the face. "Grounders!" Everyone immediately panics and runs as fast as they can back to camp. I grab a gun and stand next to Bellamy at the guard post.

"Where are they? Why aren't they attacking?" "Because we're doing exactly what they wanted us to do." "What are you talking about?" I pull back and look down at Octavia. "Lincoln said the scouts would be the first to arrive." She scowls up at me. "If it's just scouts, we can fight our way out. That's what Lincoln would do." "We're done doing what this Grounder is going to do. We tried, and now Drew's dead. You want to be next?" Bellamy jumps down to Octavia, immnoch with his gum in his hand.

"The Grounder saved our lives. I agree with Octavia. For all we know, there's a scout out there." Finn runs to us. "A scout with an insanely good target." Jasper. "Clarke, we can still make it." Octavia. "They're looking at you, Clarke. What are you going to do? Run and get shot in the street or stand still and fight back?" Now I jump down too. "Lincoln said scouts. More than one. He said go home before the scouts get here." Finn, they're already here. Looks like you've got your fight, Bellamy." "All right, then. This is what we've been preparing for. Kill them before they kill us. Gunners, to your posts. Use the tunnels to get in and out. From now on, the gate stays closed."